ICANN adds IPv6 nameserver address to the Internet

ICANN, the steward of the Internet, has concluded a week-long meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a string of initiatives that includes a move towards IPv6 technology. The most interesting announcement concerns the next-generation of Internet addressing technology: IPv6. For the first time, an IPv6 nameserver address has been added to the Internet's root DNS zone. ...more

Apple Corps to appeal ruling

Apple Corps has announced that it will appeal yesterday's ruling that Apple Computer's use of the apple logo in connection with its iTunes Music Store does not violate a 1991 trademark agreement between the two companies. 'With great respect to the trial judge, we consider he has reached the wrong conclusion,' Neil Aspinall, Apple Corps' manager, said in a statement. 'We felt that during the course of the trial we clearly demonstrated just how extensively Apple Computer had broken the agreement. ...more

Microsoft, Panasonic propose (another) CD standard

Microsoft, Panasonic and Fujifilm have announced a new format for CDs which they hope will establish a new standard and bring the world of PCs, DVDs and other CD formats together. The new format called HighMAT - High Performance Media Access Technology - is a new way to organise the data on the CD which should mean faster access for consumers and make it easier to sort and manipulate the content. the partners hope that It Is a further step In bringing the disparate standards of the PC and consumer electronics Industries together. ...more

BBC backtracks on Beethoven digital downloads

UK digital rights campaigners are calling on Roger Wright, the controller of Radio 3, to reconsider his decision to limit the amount of free downloads available during the station's forthcoming 10-day Bach celebration. Radio 3 will broadcast the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach between 16 and 25 December. Last year the station played all nine Beethoven symphonies and made them available to download for two weeks. ...more

No consolation for Sega's console

The rumours are not exaggerated. The Dreamcast is dead. Sega has officially announced it will can the console in March and is warning of record year-end losses of as much as $689m. ...more